On Green Drinks and SteakCamp
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Karen Hamilton
June 19, 2008
It’s 10pm when I arrive home tonight, happy to have caught up with a friend over dinner at Steamworks and energized from eco-tastic conversations at my first Green Drinks event. 10:15pm and already I’m plopped in front of my computer to plug back into the virtual world. What do I find on Twitter?
buzzbishop @hummingbird604 @tinybites this post is for you http://tinyurl.com/5nknqb
For all you non-Twitterites, that was Buzz Bishop’s way of issuing myself and fellow foodie Raul a challenge: review The Brave Bull…if you dare.
Raul immediately stepped up to task, scheduling this Saturday Monday as the day he will dine at said questionable eatery (which looks more like a mafia front than a food stop). I believe he and Buzz have dubbed it SteakCamp. If SteakCamp wasn’t the same night as my father’s birthday party, I would so be there! But since it is, it looks like I’ll have to schedule another time to steel my belly for what this restaurant has to offer.
If you want to join us on Monday in this adventure, leave a comment, Twitter to me, or send an email to karen [at] tinybites [dot] ca. The more, the merrier. Bring your camera. Maybe some Pepto-Bismol.
And now for something completely different
Now that I’ve offically responded to Buzz’s challenge, let’s get back to the task at hand: telling you more about tonight’s Green Drinks event.
Grab a nametag. Grab a drink. Mingle will eco-aware souls. Repeat next month.
That was basically how the sign at the welcome booth summed up the Green Drinks concept. My dinner companion and I were welcomed by none other than Christina Olsen, one of the organizers of Green Drinks Vancouver.
I learned a lot from Christina and the other folk that crossed paths with me tonight. Topics ranged from the environmental (SkyFarm, Green Table, environmental leadership programs for kids) to the tangential (the guilty pleasure that is Yoshinoya Beef Bowl, Flaming Lambourghinis, Scrapple). It was wonderful to meet people that dedicate their professional lives to reducing greenhouse gases or fostering awareness in industry and the general public. I may have even generated free publicity for local restaurants and food purveyors that are greening themselves in some way.
Keep an eye out for the next Green Drinks gathering
Want to meet new people? Want to meet new people over drinks? Want to meet people over drinks while discussing the merits of carbon offsets or finding out your new acquaintance can help you get greener? If you said yes to any of the above (especially the last), then Green Drinks is the networking event for you!
Green Drinks Vancouver usually meets at Steamworks on the 3rd Wednesday of every month. Next month’s event is a July 30th BBQ (details TBD). The best way to be reminded of upcoming events is to join their mailing list: send a request to green_drinks_Vancouver-subscribe [@] topica.com.
Hope to mingle with you at the next Green Drinks shindig!
Categories: Events, Food, Going Green
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What a beautiful post, Karen! I just want to do three things:
a) Thank you for the link love.
b) Thank you for accepting the challenge and accepting to join me.
c) Correct the date for SteakCamp. I moved it to Monday night, post-work. That makes it easier for people who want to join, as they have to eat anyways, right?
d) Thanks again for reviewing Green Drinks. Your post is stellar and I’ll have to send some link love your way.
That gorgeous lady with the piece of cardboard is my friend Christina (who probably right now is pretty mad at me for not having showed up at two Green Drinks in a row, but I’ve been really insanely busy. It’s hard to be in two fields – tech-geeky and eco-geeky)
Thanks again. By the way, I saw a LOT of eye candy on your photos. YUM-MY
Excellent…Monday night is totally doable. Let’s see if I can get the husband to tag along.
Can’t wait!
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